parental rights/required reading list

[pixywingz]

We have been having a 'go around' at my kids school about the 'required reading list'... and we've been told that there is no longer a legal 'opt out' option. Does anyone know where I can investigat this supposed 'law'?
I've tried googling "law about required reading list" & such but can't find what i'm looking for.
any suggestions?

[Disney Wrassler]

let me see if I can find anything.

[FrumiousBoojum]

I doubt that there's a law forcing your child to read anything... same as you are alowed to take your child out of sex ed if you don't want them in. The schools are not legally alowed to infringe on yourright, especially those based on religious nature.

If you don't mind me asking, what's/'re the book(s) that is/are being objected to?

[Disney Wrassler]

Pixy check out this link and perhaps call the phone number at the bottom of the page.
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

[pixywingz]

I doubt that there's a law forcing your child to read anything... same as you are alowed to take your child out of sex ed if you don't want them in. The schools are not legally alowed to infringe on yourright, especially those based on religious nature.

If you don't mind me asking, what's/'re the book(s) that is/are being objected to?

interesting you should say that...what we were told is...they can still legally opt out of sex ed..and...oh shoot..i forgot what the other thing was....but NOT the required reading.

some parents are getting on the band wagon and going ape... my take on it when my son had to read catcher in the rye, I read it first..then took him aside & said "if I raised you right.... you will be so offended by this book" ... I did, and he was :-) but I left the choice up to him.

but having that right taken away from us...if this is true..makes me nuts!!!

[pixywingz]

Pixy check out this link and perhaps call the phone number at the bottom of the page.
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

thank you!

[Disney Wrassler]

Now I do not know if the link will give you all the info you want, but atleast you have a better chance of getting somewhere with that phone number at the bottom of the page in the link.

[FrumiousBoojum]

some parents are getting on the band wagon and going ape... my take on it when my son had to read catcher in the rye, I read it first..then took him aside & said "if I raised you right.... you will be so offended by this book" ... I did, and he was :-) but I left the choice up to him.

Well, glad to see you're one of the ones that read before acting...* those that are offended based on hearsay (like the pastor holding the Harry Potter book burning because he heard it was filled with homosexuality) are the ones I have something against.

Never read Catcher in the Rye. I have no idea what it's about. For all I know, it could be about a guy that builds a baseball diamond in his field of rye for a bunch of dead guys.

*EDIT: Or, rather, read and give him the choice of what to think.

[pixywingz]

i can do this with my son...w/ my daughter its a different story! lol

[Where's Barbie?]

my take on it when my son had to read catcher in the rye, I read it first..

Thank you!!! You are a good parent.

You read it first!!! It really bothers me when people let there kids read, play or watch things that upset them after the fact. If you are unsure do it first.

[Disney Wrassler]

heck I read Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in one of my college classes and that has homosexuality and alcoholisim. it was a bit interesting though if you understood what was goin on.

[pixywingz]

Thank you!!! You are a good parent.

You read it first!!! It really bothers me when people let there kids read, play or watch things that upset them after the fact. If you are unsure do it first.

aww tks luv..
okay..now i can talk...got this thread started then had a phone call!
okay...I COMPLETELY despise a few books on that list...and for some kids i think they are absolutely dreadful. I've got a truly unique strange child! lol
ooooooold beyond his years....I know he can handle them...but aside from all that... some of these books like 'catcher' have been on this list for eons! Hasn't there been anything more redeeming since then for heaven's sake? its a dreary...disgusting book!!! AND AND AND!!!! why do they require our kids to read books with language in it that if they said these words in class they would be expelled!!!!! OHHHHHHHHH now THAT burns me up!
so..i put in a call to that govt. agency Wrassler told me about... i'll let you guys know what they say :-)

[NeverNeverland]

Please do keep us updated!

[Tinkerbelle]

Ok so this go me thinking...
and I did a search for banned books (though not what we were discussing but I thought catcher was on the list sure enough:

Classics like OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck and THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger have earned a place in the top fifty banned books for years

Thought you might be interested...

it's really funny to look and see what is on the 50 most banned books list
(there are so many sites with banned books, this one is just a sampleing)

who comes up with this stuff
Gone with the wind and Little red riding hood are just a couple on "the list"
Now comes the debate about who has the right to ban books and why etc, probably something for another thread, but I thought this might be of interest to you.

[MiceMan]

I say we just Burn 'em All!